by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
O evening, why is thy light so sad
Language: English
O evening, why is thy light so sad Why is the sun's last ray so cold? Hush our smile is as ever glad But thy heart is growing old.
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Authorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ronald A. Beckett , "O Evening", 2020 [ voice, violin, cello ], from Four songs for voice, violin, and cello from poems by Emily Brontë, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "O evening, why is thy light so sad" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Nick Peros
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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